Revive Us Again

At the end of the 1920s, in the aftermath of the Scopes `monkey trial', fundamentalism in the USA was intellectually bankrupt and publically disgraced. Yet it not only survived, but in the 1940s re-emerged as a thriving and influential public movement. Joel Carpenter looks at the evolution of fundamentalism during its `hidden years' and uncovers the reasons for its survival and resurgence. Opening entirely new historical territory, this important study provides a fresh understanding of the persistence and influence of fundamentalist religion in American culture.